Jim Sturgess
Jim Sturgess
James Anthony "Jim" Sturgess is an English actor and singer-songwriter. His breakthrough role was appearing as Jude in the musical romance drama film Across the Universe. In 2008, he played the male lead role of Ben Campbell in 21. In 2009, he played Gavin Kossef in the crime drama Crossing Over, appearing with Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. In 2010, Sturgess starred in the film, The Way Back, directed by Peter Weir. Sturgess co-starred in the German epic...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth16 May 1978
failure love matter powerful shapes subject
Love is such a powerful subject matter because it comes in so many different shapes and sizes. It's about timing, fate, failure, redemption.
alone incredibly natural
There are times when I feel incredibly loved and connected, and times when I feel alone. I think that's natural for all of us.
everybody people
I really don't like the idea of people knowing what I am doing. I find telling everybody what you had for breakfast is really uninspiring.
home
Home is here in London and always has been.
happening
In the world of independent filmmaking, you're never quite sure what's happening when and where.
believe looked near
When I was younger, I looked to actors like they were from another planet. You couldn't believe you could be anywhere near that world. It was exciting. I kind of like that.
espionage fairly generic gets guy scripts seven
Out of every 10 scripts I get sent, seven are fairly generic about an American guy who gets the girl and is involved in underground espionage activity.
burner messing paying quite rather
I was quite naughty at school. I was always in the back of the class messing about with the Bunsen burner rather than paying attention.
badly behaved class cutting quite school
I was quite badly behaved at school - I remember cutting class - and acting was a way of channelling energy.
difference experience variation
You just try and do as much variation and as much difference and as much as possible, so you put yourself out there to try anything, really. As long as you feel you're going to get something out of the experience, it's all worth it.
Come on, you can't do a film about an upside-down world and not have an upside-down kiss!
falling-in-love distance book
I worked as an actor for a few years before anything happened, so I'm used to going up for auditions, and then not getting the role. But sometimes I don't read the book of the film, in case I just totally fall in love with it, and then it just becomes an obsession and you want to do it so much because you've completely fallen in love with the story and the characters. And then, if the part doesn't go your way, it's heartbreaking. So, there's a certain amount of distance you have to keep before you can throw yourself in 100%.
taken acting band
I've always played music and I've always been in bands and there have been periods in my life where the music has taken a much more front row seat than any acting. For a big period of time the acting work was really a way of raising money to fund my music. And then that all sort of changed around and that's fine.
girl falling-in-love sight
'Upside Down' is a fantasy love story. It's about love at first sight - when you just fall in love instantly and will battle any obstacle to be with that girl.